aglow

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  1. adverb In a glow; glowing.

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  • Ev-erything on the bridge was aglow, as if aware of what it was about to encounter. —  The Black Hole
  • Ominously aglow, the molten mass dwarfed the spacecraft that toiled meters ahead of it; yet Sun Defter, harnessed by her own forcefield, was a plowhorse dragging it bit by bit from its former path; and the dwarf sun was at work, and Secunda's gravity was beginning to have a real effect .... —  Inconstant Star
  • Her face was aglow, the way it used to be when she looked at him as though he were the only person in the entire world. —  Deal Breaker
  • Around the world billions of light bulbs were aglow, and yet they had to struggle for light and heat. —  A Ring And A Promise
  • He was aglow, and she was aglow-but for very different reasons, as she discovered when he turned to her in the car and asked, "Will you marry me?" —  Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
 

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  1. from a + glow.

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/ (ə-glōˈ)/
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